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The Hippie Movement in the Sports World: A Year of Nonconformity
Hippies were not a sporting movement, but the late 1960s mood reached sport through Joe Namath, longer hair, flamboyant style and clashes with coaches.
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Sport and Counterculture
Where the late 1960s mood met sport, from long hair to defiance.
The Hippie Movement in the World of Sports: A Year of Experimentation
Sport was not a hippie pursuit, but the late 1960s brought bold experiments: Charlie Finley's colours, the A's move to Oakland, AstroTurf and the ABA ball.
The Hippie Movement in the World of Sports: A Year of Nonconformity
Athletes who defied authority in the late 1960s: the June 1967 Cleveland summit backing Muhammad Ali, and Curt Flood's challenge to baseball's reserve clause.
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Science, Space and Firsts Milestones and setbacks in technology, medicine and space. Sport in 1967 Football, baseball, tennis, motor racing and cycling. Sporting Moments of 1967 Single matches, races and seasons that fans still remember. Space and Flight in 1967 Rockets, probes and aircraft from a setback-filled year. Womens Golf History How womens professional and amateur golf grew, with its major championships and its spread beyond the US and Britain. Womens Tennis History The history of womens singles at the Grand Slam tournaments, region by region, from the 1880s to the 1967 amateur era. Computing Origins Where computers, chips, lasers and video games really began, set against the technology of 1967. Transport Origins The real beginnings of commercial flying, the jet airliner and high-speed rail. Communications Origins How cables, satellites, television and mobile phones began, and where 1967 fits in that story. Women and the Nobel Prizes When women first won each Nobel prize, and why none of it happened in 1967. Baseball 1967 The 1967 pennant races, the World Series and the teams and leagues around them. Pro Leagues 1967-68 Football, basketball and hockey seasons as the leagues expanded. Olympic and World Cup Years The Games and World Cups around 1967, with the facts of what was and was not held.